REPORTED CAPITULATION

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13891, 17 October 1918, Page 5

REPORTED CAPITULATION

BRITISH IN LILLE SUBURBS CONDITIONS IN GERMANY PESSIMISM BROODS OVER THE LAND By Cable. — Press Association. —Copyright THE ALLIED DRIVE IN FLANDERS BRITISH ADVANCE ON THE HAUTE DEULE CANAL. (Australian and New Zealand and Reuter.) Received October 17, 1 a.m. LONDON, October 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports that we crossed the Haute Deule Canal on both sides of Pont a Vendin, and captured Estevelles, Meurchin and Bauvm. Further north we progressed in the neighbourhood of Haubourdin. BRITISH, FRENCH AND BELGIANS CAPTURE MANY IMPORTANT VILLAGES SIX COMPLETE BATTERIES TAKEN BY THE BRITISH. AIRMEN AND BRITISH MONITORS CO-OPEBATE IN THE OPERATIONS. (Australian and New Zealand and Reuter.) Received October IG, 7.10 p.m. LONDON, October 15. Sir Douglas Haig reports at 10.45 a.m.:—"The British attacked towards Courtrai this morning, and captured important villages. The total prisoners exceed 8000 men. Six complete batteries with teams were captured. Ihe Belgians and French also captured many important villages. Allied airmen bombed hostile concentrations and trains and machine-gunned the infantry while British monitors assisted on the coast. Numerous fires are reported behind the German lines." GERMAN REPORT ADMITS CAPTURE OF ROULERS AND OTHER TOWNS. (Admiralty per Wireless Press.) Received October 16, 7.40 p.m. LONDON, October 15. German official: The enemy in Flanders renewed his attacks on a wide front, and captured Roulers/ Handzaeme and Corlemarck. ALLIED ARTILLERY DOMINATE LINK CONNECTING LILLE-OSTEND SECTOR. (United Service.) Received October IG, 7.40 p.m. LONDON, October 15. The Allies are two miles from Courtrai, and the Allied artillery is raking the enemv's communications between Lille, Courtrai and Thourout. This means that we dominate the link connecting the Germans in the* Lille and Ostend sector. ' ANGLO-BELGIAN ADVANCE EVERYWHERE SWEEPS OVER OBJECTIVES. GERMAN PRISONERS FULLY ANTICIPATED AN ARMISTICE. 1 (The Times.) Received October 16, 7.40 p.m. LONDON, October 15. Mr Pirrie Robinson writes: The Anglo-Belgian advance everywhere swept over its objectives. The advance takes us beyond the quagmire region and we are now on fairly firm going. Many prisoners declare that the armistice talk induced them to surrender. One officer explained his spic and span attire by saying: "I have my peace clothes on."